SAFED for Vans – Trainer
SAFED for Vans – Trainer
During 2006 The Big Red Fleet Company became the largest provider of van driver training under the new SAFED for vans driver training scheme launched by the Department of Transport.
It’s not just quantity we are also good at quality! We were delighted to be awarded the SAFED for Vans “Training provider of the year 2007/08″
We have over this period established an excellent reputation for delivering a range of classroom and in vehicle training courses that can be adapted into any companies requirements.
Become a SAFED trainer
We can train and accredit any Fleet registered ADI with van driving experience to deliver the SAFED for Vans course.
Each year SAFED subsidise a number of places for new trainers. If you do not get one of these places you can still become a SAFED trainer.
The Course
The training course is a 2 day event based in Folkestone, Kent with practical on road training and assessment on day one with the administrative aspects being covered on day 2. Other locations may be arranged where possible.
The Cost
The cost for upto 2 candidates is £700. The candidates are required to hire a van for one day, typically less than £50. Successful candidates will also need to pay a registration fee to SAFED of £100 each.
Rewards
We are one of several companies that promote the SAFED scheme to companies and we are often looking for trainers in a variety of locations around the UK. Our standard day rate is £175 with negotiable allowances for travel.
New – In-House Assessors Course
The Big Red Fleet Company now has several trainers accredited with being able to deliver the SAFED Assessors course.
This is a 1 day course and is generally conducted after a driver has obtaining an ‘excellent’ grade on the standard SAFED for Vans course.
This enables each company to monitor the standards of each of it’s van drivers, assessing them objectively to a set standard. Any drivers that don’t reach this standard could be offered training solutions to suit. VERY COST EFFECTIVE!!
Please call for details – 01303 298250
Just a thought to finish off -
A test aired recently on BBC’s Top Gear television program, however, casts doubt upon the notion that a hybrid would be the most fuel efficient in every circumstance. “This is a BMW M3,” the show’s host Jeremy Clarkson said in introducing the car that would compete with a Prius. “It is not designed to be as economical as possible; it is designed to be fast.” Clarkson chose the most extreme examples to make the point — a sedan equipped with a V-8 engine producing 414 horsepower against the Toyota Prius with its 76 horsepower hybrid motor. The EPA rates the BMW at 14 miles per gallon in the city, and 20 on the highway which compares unfavorably to the 48 and 45 figures for the Prius. In this test, the M3 matched the speed of the Prius as the hybrid ran flat-out over ten laps of the 1.8 mile Top Gear Test Track in Surrey, England. Measurements taken after the run show that the Prius returned just 14.3 miles to the US gallon, while the BMW had 12 percent better fuel economy at 16.1 miles per gallon. “It was one of the dullest drives of my life, but in the interest of science I stuck with it,” Clarkson said. “Seriously, what I’m saying is, it isn’t what you drive that matters, it’s how you drive it. That is everything.”
